Issue Number 21 Volume 48
Awaiting a heart
"I was sitting beside his mother when the doctor told her Noah should go on the heart transplant list," said Sandy Baderman speaking about her 4-year-old grandson Noah Baderman, who already read more »
Presbyterians reverse course
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 21 (JTA) — The movement to divest from Israel is restless, constantly seeking and finding fertile ground — but so far, at least, ultimately losing in every arena. read more »
Hamas lawmakers arrested as Israel seeks kidnapped soldier
TEL AVIV, June 29 (JTA) — Israel is turning up the pressure on the Palestinian Authority to return a captured Israeli soldier, arresting dozens of lawmakers from the ruling Hamas terrorist grou read more »
Cemetery pros, hevras dig in to contemporary issues in Portland
The first ever North American Jewish Cemetery Conference held in Portland June 11-13 drew 150 people from 23 states, Canada and Scotland to discuss the holy work of burial practices and how they are read more »
Federation carves up financial pie
The Jewish Federation of Greater Portland, which had raised $4,050,783 by the May 3 allocations meeting for its 2005-06 Annual Campaign, has divided those funds among its constituent agencies and nat read more »
Israel prepares to move against illegal outposts
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—In a first major test of Israel's plans for a large-scale West Bank withdrawal, the government is gearing up for a showdown with extremists in four unauthorized outposts. read more »
Soccer fever hits two German Jewish museums
BERLIN, (JTA)—Jewish museums have caught the soccer fever sweeping through Germany, which is hosting this year's World Cup. read more »
Jewish center opens in Clark County
"Wherever there are Jews in need, there are federations and Chabad," said Marshal Spector, vice-president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland. read more »
Shimshak hopes to be a catalyst
Rachel Shimshak, a professional advocate for 28 years, said she hopes participating in the Portland Jewish Leadership Institute can help her be a catalyst for bringing more people together to do thin read more »
Organ donation honors dead
Under the concept of pikuach nefesh (saving human life), organ donation is universally accepted, and from some perspectives required, according to two rabbis at the North American Jewish Cemetery and read more »
Intermarriage issues don't end with death
With intermarriage rates steadily rising among Jews, more families are aware of the potential road bumps a shared lifetime with mixed heritages can create. read more »
Performing tahara—the ultimate kindness
Among the lectures and luncheons occurring at the North American Jewish Cemetery and Chevra Kadisha Conference June 11-13, one meeting room featured a wooden casket, a camera crew, three people in fu read more »
Boycott of Israeli scholars barely disguised anti-Semitism
In late May, Britain's largest union of college instructors—the 67,000-member National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education—voted to boycott Israeli academics who r read more »
Young Jewish authors joust
KIRYAT ONO, Israel (JTA)—In their first meeting, Nathan Englander and Etgar Keret playfully joust about influences and literature and how experiencing Jewish and Israeli life informs their writ read more »
Israel feels like home to Oregonians on mission
"Being a soft American, I will never make Aliyah," said Stan Marcus, co-chair of the 2006 Portland Community Mission to Israel. "But when I'm here, I'm home." read more »